Machine for setting inserts for soap cakes.



PATENTED MAY 9, 1905.

W. BEEEY. MACHINE FOR SETTING .INsEETs FOR SOAP CAKES.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 10,1902.

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w. BERRY." MACHINE FOR SETTING INSERTS FOR SOAP CAKES.

APPLIGATION FILED JULY 10.1902.

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D Z M STATES Patented May 9, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

WASHINGTON BERRY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO BERRY BUOYANT SOAP COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORA- TION OF ILLINOIS.

MACHINE FOR SETTING INSERTS FOR SOAP CAKES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 789,200, dated May 9, 1905. Application filed July 10,1902. Serial No. 115,003.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WASHINGTON BERRY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Setting Inserts for Soap Cakes, of which the following is a specification. I

My invention relates to the manufacture of soap cakes provided with wooden or like inserts where the soap is cast in bars in molds and around a plurality of inserts which are supported in said molds upon pins or the like projecting from a common support arranged at one side of the mold.

The object of my invention is to provide a machine for rapidly and accurately mounting said inserts upon said support in such a manner that they shall be accurately spaced apart and accurately centered with reference to the mold. These and such other objects as may appear are attained by the devices shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a view, partly in section and partly in front elevation, of my improved ma chine. Fig. 2 is a plan View thereof. Fig. 3 is a cross-section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction indicated by the arrows. Fig. 4: is a detail looking at a portion of the machine from below. Fig. 5 is a detail of the spacing-trough. Fig. 6 is a detail of one of the spacing-blocks. Fig. 7 is an other View of the block shown in Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is a detail showing a pin support removed from the machine after a set of inserts have been impaled thereon. Fig. 9 shows two views of the insert-impaling pin. Fig. 10 shows an enlarged detail on the line 10 10 of Fig. t.

Like letters of reference indicate the same parts in the several figures of the drawings.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A A are the supports of a framework carrying a bed-plate B and a cross-head C, which is slidingly mounted upon guides E and is supported upon rods F, which are pivotally connected to levers Gr, said levers being rigidly attached at their opposite ends to the shaft H, which is journaled in the supports A and is actuated in one direction by means of a treadle I, which is rigidly attached to the shaft H, and in the opposite direction by a strong spring J, which is connected at one end to the treadle I and at its opposite end to the side of bed B.

Arranged immediately below the crosshead C and in a transverse slot in the bed B is a spacing-trough K, which is preferably substantially V shaped in cross-section, as shown in Figs. 3 and 5. Mounted in the ends of the trough K and extending longitudinally therethrough adjacent to the near point thereof is a rod or shaft L, upon which are mounted a plurality of spacing-blocks M. These blocks are evenly spaced apart upon the rod L and are retained in theirpositions upon the rod L by means of collars N. If desired, the rod L may be threaded and the collars N correspondingly threaded to fit the rod L, so that the spaces between the blocks M may be adjusted at will. Upon one face of each of the blocks M is a spring 0.

Upon the under edge of the cross-head C are a plurality of supports P, projecting forwardly from a downwardly-extending shoulder on the under edge of the cross-head C. Attached to one face of the cross-head C and projecting downwardly therefrom and opposite to said shoulder are adjustable clips Q. It will thus be seen that by the means shown the insert will be maintained in a position parallel with one face of the spacing device.

R is an insert or pin support comprising, preferably, a metal bar provided on one face with a plurality of outwardly-projecting impaling-pins S, preferably provided with sharp edges evenly spaced apart.

The supports P, clips Q, and downwardlyprojecting shoulder on the cross-head C are so arranged that when the clips Q are raised the support R may be slid in snugly between the supports P and the under edge of the cross-head C and the downwardly-projecting shoulder of the cross-head C, whereby, the clips Q being slid downwardly and locked in position by means of thumb-nuts U, the support R will be held firmly and snugly in position above and parallel with the axis of the spacing-trough K. The inserts T, which are preferably made disk-shaped and of wood, being laid upon the surface of the bed B, may be readily placed in the spacing-trough K between the spacing-blocks M, the springs 0 serving to hold each insert snugly against the opposite face of the next adjacent spacingblock, While at the same time permitting the ready insertion of the inserts in the spaces between the spacing-bars. Owing to the confining-Walls of the spacing-trough K, the inserts will be automatically arranged in axial alinement with each other and owing to the position of the spacing-block they will be evenly spaced apart, so that each insert will lie directly below the end or point of one of the impaling-pins S. Thereupon by a quick downward movement of the treadle I by the operator the cross-head C, carrying the pin support, is brought down smartly in the direction of the spacing-trough K, and each one of the impaling-pins S is driven radially into the end of an insert T. The treadle I being released, the cross-head C is returned to its position of rest, carrying with it the insert-support R, upon which the inserts have been mounted in the arrangement shown in Fig. 8. The insert-support R may now be quickly removed from the cross-head C and is ready for insertion in one of the molds preparatory to casting the liquid soap aboutthe inserts. Another support replaces it, and the process is repeated accurately and rapidly.

While I have shown the details of my invention in their preferred form, I do not confine myself to the exact arrangement shown, as I believe it to be broadly new with me to provide an insert-support provided with in sert-impaling means, means for readily arranging inserts in axial alinement and properly spaced apart, means for supporting the insert-support over the spacing device, and means for simultaneously and accurately impaling the inserts upon the impaling device, and my invention contemplates any device which employs substantially these means for the end specified.

I claim 1. In a machine of the class described, the combination with an insert-receptacle, of insert-spacing means arranged in said receptacle, a reciprocating cross-head, and means upon said cross-head for removably supporting an insert-supporting rod above said receptacle, and means for moving said crosshead in the direction of said receptacle, substantially as described.

2. In a machine of the class described, the combination with an insert-receptacle of a plurality of longitudinally-adjustable spacing devices arranged in said receptacle, and means for adjusting the relative positions of said spacing devices, substantially as described.

3. In a machine of the class described, the combination with an insert-receptacle of a bar extending lengthwise in said receptacle, a plurality of longitudinally-adjustable spacing devices mounted upon said bar, and means for maintaining said spacing devices in a given position with relation to each other, substantially as described.

4. In a machine of the class described, the combination with. an insert-receptacle, having inwardly-converging walls, of a plurality of longitudinally-adjustable spacing devices mounted upon a bar within said receptacle, and means for maintaining said spacing de vices in a desired position, substantially as described.

5. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a spacing-block adapted to be mounted upon a rod, of a spring arranged upon the face of said block, substantially as described. I

6. In a machine of the class described, the combination with an insert-receptacle of a plurality of longitudinally-adjustable spacing devices, and means for maintaining an insert in a position parallel with one face of the spacing device, substantially as described.

7. In a machine of the class described, the combination with means for temporarily holding a plurality of inserts, of an insert-support ing bar, provided on one side with a plurality of impaling-pins, means for supporting said bar above said inserts, and means for driving said impaling-pins into the edges of a corresponding number of inserts, substantially as described.

8. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a reciprocating cross-head, of means for temporarily supporting an insert-supporting bar upon said cross-head, and means for adjusting the position of said bar upon said cross-head, substantially as described.

9. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a reciprocating cross-head of an insert-supporting bar, and a plurality of impaling-pins, each pin being provided with a sharp edge, substantially as described.

WASHINGTON BERRY.

Witnesses:

F. H. DRURY, M. E. SHIELDS.

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